| Postcode | LE6 0QL | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Leicester | 
| Nearest station | Barrow-Upon-Soar (11 km) | 
| Bus stops | The Chase (SW) Linford Crescent (N) Linford Crescent (S) Chitterman Way (NW) Field Head Hotel (NW) Bradgate Road (S) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 52.682532 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.270116 | |
| Easting | 449440 | |
| Northing | 309676 | |
| Grid reference | SK494096 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 616938 5838359 | |
| what3words | chained.curtains.lyricist | |
| FixPhrase | crock macaroni striving unmoved | |
| Plus code | 9C4WMPMH+2X | |
| Altitude | 175 metres (575 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:01 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:38 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 91.2 KMs (56.7 miles) | 
| Parish | Markfield | E04005500 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead | E05005491 | 
| Local Authority District | Hinckley and Bosworth | E07000132 | 
| County Electoral Division | Markfield, Desford & Thornton | E58000867 | 
| Local Authority | Leicestershire | E10000018 | 
| County | Leicestershire | E10000018 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Mid Leicestershire | E14001364 | 
| MP | Mr Peter Bedford | Conservative | 
| Police force | Leicestershire | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Leicestershire CC and Rutland | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East Midlands | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | February 1990 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1992 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | Markfield | E63009618 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00187353 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1C2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Hinckley and Bosworth 001C | E01025870 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Hinckley and Bosworth 001C | E01025870 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Markfield & Thornton | E02005377 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Markfield & Thornton | E02005377 | 
| Travel to work area | Leicester | E30000230 | 
| Average property price in Leicester | £280,147 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.9% |